Summary
The Tesla Cybertruck is in crisis. The automaker is still sitting on a ton of old inventory, which it is now heavily discounting, and it is throttling down production.
Tesla is expected to currently be selling the Cybertruck at a rate of about 25,000 units a year – a tenth of what Musk predicted.
Tesla began the second quarter with 2,400 Cybertrucks in inventory, valued at over $200 million. Tesla is now offering deeper discounts on the new inventory of Cybertrucks.
The automaker has reduced its Cybertruck production teams and now operates at a fraction of its original capacity.
25k of EV pickups is A LOT by comparison to others.
It’s a stupid truck but also the target demographic doesn’t really exist.
I seriously wonder who these 25k a month even are? How are they selling even a hundred a month?
Tesla has made up numbers before. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s 25k per year, and its only an estimate (from Tesla) based on the sales so far. I’m betting those sales falling off a cliff will keep numbers well below that when the year actually comes to an end.
Also, Tesla has a tendency to claim environmental subsidies for sales that only exist on paper.
These numbers coming from Tesla have never been actual sales but “deliveries”, which can occur multiple times per sale and also can occur without a sale. They only publicize “deliveries” instead of actual sales data because bigger number.
However, we do know numbers based on CT recalls.
Good. Let it burn.
IncEl Camino
Haha I’ve been calling them Elon Camino. I like this better.
Expect more CTs to catch fire in their lots, as they blame other people for arson.
TBH, this would not surprise me at all.
Toastla
He predicted that he would sell a quarter-million of those $80,000 shipping containers on wheels a year?
Unfair comparison. Shipping containers are actually useful.
You can turn a shipping container into a poorly insulated house, which my hope for cybertruck owners too
And generally well designed and well made, to exacting standards.
And the front doesn’t fall off for starters!
That was a feature, not a bug.
Not sure what the feature does, but, details don’t matter to the wanks that but them.
And they float!
Nigel Thornberry is legitimately more terrifying than It.
And are looking quite nice in comparison.
And have rust proofing applied.
Depends on how you define “predicted”.
If you meant “made the most logical guess using all available data” then no, he didn’t do that.
But if you meant “pulled an impossible sales number out of a ketamine-laced shit from his lumpy asshole that wildly overestimated how popular he and his ‘truck’ are” then I’d say you’re correct!
valued at over $200 million
Bet they aren’t.
For insurance fraud purposes.
I’m sure all the hardworking engineers, assemblers, office workers, sales people, materials, programmers, hardware, research people are super ecstatic about having their CEO turn their brand new product from an awesome big ass piece of shit electric washed environment destruction truck into a product nobody wants.
Like probably you’ll see one of my fellow citizens running around town with a bunch of lawn mowers and leaf blowers in one of these pretty soon. How much did you pay for that shit man? Oh I got it cheap on Craigslist for $3K!
Thots and Players
Ok hold up lets keep the thots, send the players tho
Cheese pears.
Tater fruit
Potato fruit
Oh, that took me a while. Love it!
They’re also hiding them (my opinion) off of their main lot so people don’t see how many are sitting around. The dealership near me has a couple on the lot but down the road, across the street on a hidden side road I saw over a dozen of them sitting in a fenced in lot gathering pollen last week.
Do you have access to a super soaker and vinegar? Maybe you could help wash some of that pollen off.
The CIA of yesteryear approves this idea.
Where destruction is involved, the weapons of the citizen-saboteur are salt, nails, candles, pebbles, thread, or any other materials he might normally be expected to possess as a householder or as a worker in his particular occupation. His arsenal is the kitchen shelf, the trash pile, his own usual kit of tools and supplies. The targets of his sabotage are usually objects to which he has normal and inconspicuous access in everyday life.
https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/
What a great thing to download from Mr Gutenberg
Some pickle brine seems like it would be particularly effective in creating a lovely rust patina.
That’s a good way to get shot by a cop, or sent to El Salvador
Why vinegar?
Given what the frame is made of, I’ve been curious why gallium prices haven’t spiked…
The Cybertruck’s stainless steel body is susceptible to corrosion from acidic substances, including vinegar. Tesla’s own guidance advises against using acidic liquids or materials, including vinegar, on the vehicle’s exterior.
Do we have a pH chart for various animal urines I have a hunting trip coming up and don’t want to burn the dog
Now I’m conflicted about that news article I saw about Trump letting those 70 coal plants operate with emissions unchecked, because now the acid rain they cause will degrade the trucks faster.
Oh no … anyway.
hope they throttle the production by adding the quality control step
Pay me $1000 and I’ll take one. I won’t drive it but I’ll take it.
Make sure you store it somewhere you don’t mind being surveilled.
I’d be willing to buy one to make it my sole mission to jailbreak it if it hasn’t already. I won’t rest until I have it running crysis.
Has anyone played Doom on it yet?
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They even take it as a trade-in either xD
I think you forgot a word.
They were wont to forget it.
I am really looking forward to all the Teslas being stripped down for ev conversions and restomods.
So much of the design is proprietary nonsense, it makes me wonder how much of the trucks can be reused for something people actually want.
Sure, but there are lots of components that people can use. Tesla electric water pumps are used for IC engine cooling even though teslas don’t have combustion. power steering components for upgrades, motors for drivelines, mechanical linkages for steering and suspension. We can definitely use these items in a way the designers never intended.
Agreed. A lot of the EV conversion companies use Tesla parts.
And they put them together with acceptable tolerances it’s wild
Too be fair many EV conversions are bespoke works of art. Price is not a major concern for the owner.
They were overpriced garbage anyhow. BYD is outputting EV’s that are ten times better at a fraction of the cost. The only reason they aren’t being sold here is a bunch of protectionist bullshit that even democrats are responsible for.
It’s only misplaced faith by a bunch of techbro traders that’s even keeping the TSLA stock aloft. Tesla management literally dumps every certificate of stock they get as bonus the second they receive it.
